X-clusive: Morrissey Supports Announced (someone forward this to DavidT perhaps...I'm too lazy)

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http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=24580

X-clusive: Morrissey Supports Announced

Xfm Online can exclusively reveal the dates and details of Morrissey's supports (who include The Libertines, Linder and The Ordinary Boys) for his Meltdown Festival shows (plus we have news of another special guest).

As previously reported all three bands were pencilled in to be supporting Morrissey at one of his three live dates at the Royal Festival Hall as part of Meltdown, but until now the dates were secret.

Now we can reveal that The Libertines will be playing on June 11, Linder have nabbed the gig on June 25 and The Ordinary Boys have got the coveted opening slot on June 26.

Xfm Online can also reveal that renowned Smiths fanatics Gene will be playing the event. The band are billed as ‘An Acoustic Evening With Gene’ and will be playing the Queen Elizabeth Hall on June 25 and 26.

Other highlights include performances from Sparks playing two of their classic albums in full, Nancy Sinatra and the especially reformed New York Dolls.

Ticket prices vary and can be purchased from the South Bank Centre Box Office on 08703 808 300 and are on sale now.

A golden pass that allows entry into all shows (except Ennio Marchetto) is also available on 08701 633 899.

The full line-up is as follows:

Morrissey + Libertines, Royal Festival Hall (June 11)

Sparks perform 'Kimono My House' and 'Lil' Beethoven', RFH (12)

'We Are All In The Gutter: An Evening with Oscar Wilde'. Directed by Neil Bartlett with special guests, Queen Elizabeth Hall (13)

Loudon Wainwright III (support: Damien Dempsey), QEH (15)

'New York Rock n Roll: The Films of Bob Gruen'. (New York Dolls film premiere), QEH, (16)

'An Audience with Alan Bennett', QEH (17)

Ennio Marchetto, Purcell Room (17, 18 and 19)

New York Dolls (support: James Maker with Noko 440), RFH (18)

Jane Birkin Arabesque (support: Ari Up plays the music of The Slits / James Maker With Noko 440), RFH (19)

Nancy Sinatra, RFH (20)

Morrissey + Linder RFH (25)

Gene (acoustic set) QEH (25)

'Lypsinka! The Boxed Set' presented by Morrissey, QEH (23 and 24)

Morrissey + The Ordinary Boys, RFH (26)

Gene (acoustic set) QEH (26)

Gorecki Symphony No. 3 + Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa: London Sinfonietta with the Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs, RFH (27)

[moby]

he missed out on cilla black singing "work is a four letter word"
seeing as she can't get any, i'm sure she is saying f**k, s**t, cu** too.
surprise, surprise

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http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/191222p-165354c.html

The great unloved

Morrissey's still thriving on rejection

MORRISSEY
"You Are the Quarry"
(Sanctuary)
Seven years have passed since Morrissey released an album and, in all that time, not a single thing has changed about him.

But then, how could it?

As pop's patron saint of permanence, it's imperative that Morrissey hold for eternity the role he cherishes most *- thatof the world's least desirable human being.

In "Let Me Kiss You," he advises a love object to fantasize about someone else before they lock lips. In "I Have Forgiven Jesus," he absolves the deity for putting desire in his heart when it can never be returned. And in "The World Is Full of Crashing Bores," he assumes he fits that description,because "no one ever turns to me to say/Take me in your arms/And love me."

How comforting.

In a world of constant movement, Morrissey stands stock-still. That has to thrill the most relentlessly overlooked and dissatisfied people. At least they'll always have Morrissey to love.

There's great rarity in his point of view. Unlike nearly every other songwriter on the planet, Morrissey won't for one second sully the purity of his loneliness with anything as sentimental as a silver lining.

But even saying the same thing over and over has a different effect as time gallops on. At age 45, Morrissey has officially entered the confirmed "old bachelor" stage of life. So his confessions of worthlessness and his condescension toward the world's response to him seems increasingly embittered. And that gives his new album a new, if uncomfortable, edge.

Musically, Morrissey has tweaked his voice. His vocals have never sounded fuller or more commanding, which suits the grand ballads dominating the CD. Striking a pop-operatic tone, Morrissey ends up sounding like an arch Roy Orbison.

Those hoping for more rocking fare will be disappointed. They should go back and play "Your Arsenal" or something from the Smiths.

The CD does include a few genuine disasters. The opener, "America Is Not the World," violates Morrissey's dedication to irony by turning shockingly literal - and worse, politically correct - with such cringe-inducing lines as "the President is never black, female or gay/And until that day/You've got nothing to say to me."

Thankfully, most of the CD covers Morrissey's pet topics with his usual cruel wit. In "You Know I Couldn't Last" he returns to his beloved subject of pop-star perishability with the priceless lines "the teen-agers who love you/They will wake up/Yawn/And kill you." In "First of the Gang To Die," he again drools over rough trade.

For all Morrissey's repetitiveness, clearly he can still get off a good line. So if he remains one of the world's biggest pills, at least he's consistent.

[Delores Dunning]

[LoafingOaf - 8 DAYS!]

Are The Ordinary Boys any good?

I didn't like Pretty Girls Make Graves too much, so I'm a little hesitant about bands named after Morrissey songs.

[LoafingOaf - 8 DAYS!]

I like that "an arch Roy Orbison" description.

[moby]

> Are The Ordinary Boys any good?

> I didn't like Pretty Girls Make Graves too much, so I'm a little hesitant
> about bands named after Morrissey songs.

i don't like them, i'm with you on the bands riding on his reputation though,
i steer clear, and i attack from the rear